arrow wood ar·row·wood uncommon noun 1. closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia Synonymsarrow woodViburnum recognitum 2. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows Synonymsarrow woodsouthern arrow woodViburnum dentatum Related words Broader terms shrub Parts Viburnum WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.